Jazz Guitar Chords: There Will Never Be Another You

[shreddermil]

Great playing :)

I got the same amp and am loving it. It's over 25 years old now and still as nice sounding as ever.

[The300x300]

another way to tell, is the older jc's had a three way switch on the far right of the chorus EQ instead of a knob.

[Loonman24]

This amp looks like a post japanese transistor model, thus the plastic on off switch. Older ones used better transistors and have a metal toggle switch, and less noise.

[WoWintosh]

Chorus? Okay, Mike Stern

[Metalmatt718]

Nice playing......and great tone 2.

[levijones79]

whos song is this orginally , never heard of it

[JazzGuitarOnline]

@levijones79 The song's written by Harry Warren.

[sclogse1]

@JazzGuitarOnline

The day i turn my amp around and get reacquainted with all it's features, (Roland Acoustic Chorus 100) I believe everything in my room will fall down and kill me. It's close in here. (Great for tone, tho)

[CoolParkourName]

what kind of jazz is this... i like how it sounds soooo sad

[JabezBChan]

OMG This is Realy2 Cool ! Thanks for the lesson Guitar Jazz be ! I Love You So Much !

[strwy2hvn94]

does this amp make unbearable white noise at home?

[JazzGuitarOnline]

@strwy2hvn94 It does make some noise, but I wouldn't call it unbearable...

[juanperez0505]

Ebmj7 ./. Dm7-5 G7

Cm7 F7 Bbm9 Eb13

Abmj7 Db9#11 Ebmj7 Cm7

F9 F9 Fm7 Bb7

[TheReighnart]

Wow dude, that amp is huge.

Excellent playing.

[runningbeagle]

One of the more interesting things about this tune - the second chord is D-7, not D-7b5. Most people play it wrong though.

[cmartinjr2]

I love this chord progression... That jazz chorus amp is BIG... I've played out of one before

[KoralieMegan]

@cmartinjr2 i drived my Marshall jcm 800 with that amp. With emg 81 that was hot!

[jhump2431]

how authentic is that roland amp as far as tone can you tell its a solid state ? im stuck between that and a custom vibroloux reverb

[zozo2341]

gr8 comping man...cheers to u :)

[shdance]

great playing!

[humanrights4all]

sweeeeeet combination!!!

[umabou2008]

アイパニーズ！！　し、渋い！！

いやぁ　ナイストーン、最高

[ciuoz]

Another great video, Dirk! Keep them coming!

Wonderful voicings for a wonderful tune...

[Raggaennight]

My friend, you are great!!!!

[Classtie]

INCREDIBLE

[nklekar]

excelent playing.regards neno

[lillbern]

@DesmondMyersvids just like

james123454321 said learn the modes as a guide and follow your ear. If you don't think a looper pedal is for you there is a program called "Band in a Box" that lets you type in the chord changes and will play through them with a full rythym section, and you can speed up slow down, loop sections for hours over and over in pretty much any style. this is great to learn how to improvise over changes. you should check it out

[TheSchoolsux345]

what kind of guitar is that, great comping btw

[JazzGuitarOnline]

It's an Ibanez 2455NT

[strabbs1]

@JazzGuitarOnline hi iam a rock/blues guy dipping my toe into jazz to hopefuly make my blues a bit more sophisticated sounding.is there any books or dvds, or lierature you could recommend regarding what arppegio to play over what chord?? ill check your site out off course, but any additional info you have would be great, thanks for the great sounding demo

[pickinstone]

@strabbs1 check out the source first, T-Bone Walker. He played sophisticated uptown blues and took lessons from the same guy as Charlie Christian,the father of modern jazz guitar. After getting some T-Bone if you don't have, search youtube for Duke Robillard and blues. Jazz artists love him, pop artists (he was on a Tom Waits gig), and blues artist need him there. I'm some he has some instructional stuff up on amazon. Funny, I'm mostly a jazz player and think the blues is harder (less notes)

[horizont20001]

*5^^A=M=A=Z=İ=N=G^^5*wonderful guitarist

[poepneukerobotjes]

nice, a pre lawsuit ibanez

[Gatofranco]

Hey teach! I'm really trying to improve my knowledge about guitar. Your style is so clean that playing like you would be an ideal for me to attain some day. Thanks a lot for the invitation.

[ronparkin1]

One day, hopefully one day I may be able to do what you do, great Dirk. Thanks for the challenge.Ron

[shecky308]

where do you get these backrounds??

[rickso12]

Nice clip,also nice to see a demo of roland jazz chorus, not going crazy with distortion

[arioz1]

So proud to see a belgian playing that good !

[jimmyblackjazz]

Great vid and great web page, thanks Dirk

[penurdikus]

Thank you!!!!!!! we need more videos like this one

[bangindamusic84]

Give a man a fish and feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime.

Same deal goes with jazz. You can't learn jazz through videos and guitar tabs. All you get from this is a bunch of people who know how to comp with rhythm and one set of voicings to one song.

[DesmondMyersvids]

Hey I'm absolutely in love with jazz and what you said hits home because well I guess I'm basically the guitarist you described. I know about one to two voicings for all of the chords I know (sometimes three or four for certain ones) I just started playing jazz about a year ago. Learned some tunes and very basic voicings, walking bass, and I'm pretty okay at comping I guess. Now I feel stuck. I can like reharmonize tunes and thats cool but my inprov (in jazz) sucks out loud. Any advice?

[TheSchoolsux345]

i would get a looper pedal. i would record really slow playing the chart chords, then slowly just think and see what comes to you, then when your ideas flow a little more fastly, record a faster one and see if you can play over that. a lot of loopers can actually take what you played slowly and speed it up to your desire. i would SERIOUSLY reccomend picking one up, they help with anything you can do on guitar.

[james123454321]

@TheSchoolsux345 what this guy said is a very good idea

[TheSchoolsux345]

thanks

[james123454321]

@DesmondMyersvids ge to know your modes, but don't rely on them. because although some scales are technically right over certain chords its much better to play what you feel and how you feel rather than some nots that just work. in my opinion anyway. Jazz improv is very difficult and some could argue there is no right or wrong. just try to get an understanding for your modes and scales and chords.

[sclogse1]

Yeah, this is nice...however................­..............................­..

You are comping...and it's doesn't show your personality. So, you play almost just behind the beat...Scofield? Try playing these chords more aggressively, with little timing changes of your own, to show that you are all over these changes, and not just accompanying the rhythm. Open it up. Some pauses...and starts...volume changes, etc.

[james123454321]

mmmm sure but i think that this guy is doing a great job each to their own methods of comping, there is no right or wrong just what you like. and don't you be dissing on scofield now! :)

[quarktron]

Very nice. I like the selection of chords and the tone, too.

Is that a "lawsuit" Ibanez guitar that you are playing?

[mooghammondb3]

No. "Lawsuit" pertains to Japanese or Korean guitars (most from the seventies) which had certain design elements that were copyrighted by Gibson, such as the open-book headstock, logo shape, pickguard designs etc. Gibson filed a big "lawsuit" (hence the name) against these companies such as Mann, Ibanez and Yamaki. Nowadays, these guitars are quite desireable because of their uncanny resemblence and fantastic quality.

[77dcarter]

Beautiful Chord Progressions and wonderful gifted guitar; didn't catch the name of the guitar on the neck. Who ever taught you how to play deserves a huge compliment. Wonderfu precise playing!

epiphone manipulator--77dcarter

[linatusay]

This is very inspiring! Thanks a lot!

[mmponty]

Thanks for posting. Nice time feel, and I like the chorus. Your sound is your sound. 251

[guitargod7890]

Sounds awesome man nice playing!

[blackdude57]

ok i made it here since i was looking for this now i can learn some jazz skills im a rocker and this is what comes next in my mind to do since im a music instructor this helps me develop my personal flavor and techs thanks for the post

[Osmeh1000strana]

great tone!!!!!

[335gypsy]

Nice chord melody, thank you for posting these!

[Mr604bourne123]

another tool for the audience guitar players

[icansortaswing]

Awesome video! I'll have to learn! Thanks

[johnzammitpace]

New Guitarists interested in the art of comping should watch tDirk Laukens in this video I rate it 5 stars.  John ZAMMITPACE (jazz guitarist/ Avant-garde composer)

[jimmyjoemusic]

thanks for the quick reply. maybe i'll try

to look out for a second hand older model.

do you have a 'autumn leaves' in normal

time chord melody on your site?

thanks again for your great service.

[jimmyjoemusic]

is that an ibanez guitar?

i'm checking out guitars to buy at the moment.

great video!

[JazzGuitarOnline]

Yes, it's an Ibanez. It's not in production anymore though, about 30 years old.

[MattHeister]

excellent voice leading! take a listen to my version, and show me the way!

[geoffer56]

from geoffery,

another great arrangement. I love your style and approach on these tunes. Makes me want to practice and play.

[jamiegtr2007]

Another good arrangement and video, Dirk. if anyone has not subscribed to your newsletter, or checked out your site, then I recommend they do. You make jazz more accessible

[beachhutblues]

Turn that chorus pedal OFF!

[leoblack97]

esta mortal el tema, felicitaciones !

[PeterBoscow]

For a beginning player its a very useful demo of what comping is. High instructional value.

Thanks,

Denver

[teddisdad]

hey dirk very nice work thank you for posting this please do more

[flippgit]

Great. Thanx!

[panametiss]

un thème bien exposé et ponctué d'accords comme il le faut dans un beau phrasé jazz.

BRAVO

[Vitaminnn07]

hey i dont get it.. i have a song by frank sinatra called just like this. but its 10 times slower..

[JazzGuitarOnline]

You can play this song slow as well as up tempo.

[Vitaminnn07]

yeah, i tried to pick up chords and melody on guitar, its really awesome song. and your version is really swingy!

[watsonica]

Beautiful chord work, very pretty sound. I don't believe I've ever seen a version of the JC-120 you're playing through? Looks like the first ones with no bright switches, the "on" lamp looks different but has the 3 knobs instead of the old style for Ch/Vib ?

[BuckshotLaFunke]

Wow, the right chords plus a relaxed sound!

[LolzNdolz]

search for mattotten, he is a great jazzguitarist

[therockhopper]

Which part of that was the "lesson"?

[AngeloMateus]

he has a website it's in the info part of the video...

[JazzGitarrero]

Hi Dirk,

that's what I like! Greetz, Uwe

[HonestLies]

Some great phrasing in this one. Added to favourites.

[metalicastarwars]

hi at school im in jazz and i have a chord called Emi7b5 i dont know what it is can you help

[smoke51]

I guess that would be an E minor 7th with a flat 5th

[mkiese]

E, G, Bb, D is the basic chord.

Also known as "E half diminished"

[pat2gtrs]

Seems so easy...Nice sound and feeling, I'm not that much into Jazz, to be honest. To do this, I'd need hours of analysis to connect correctly chords and melody.

[atlanticus]

Is that Roland's amp? Is there anything better for jazz these days then this amp ?

[AcridPeter]

Thanks Dirk, fantastic!

[8agang]

Great stuff, thanks Dirk!

[julster160]

Hey, you've made an incredible lesson, it's really inspired me to compose jazz pieces. :)

Would it be alright if I play this at school, perhaps, for a performance?

[JazzGuitarOnline]

Sure, why not?

[westcoastend]

Off with your...

[deathbog0007]

beasty amp

[6LeoGuitar9]

very nice

[chuckie049]

Dirk,

Thanks. This is a long time coming. TAB, Mp3 audio, chord charts, you've pulled out all the stops. Keep up the good work, and keep 'em coming. I've already hit the subscribe button.

[rezalini]

sweet touch and feel!!! you got soul...

[bluesdude2]

I can't wait to pull the tabs for this. I'm kind of a newbie, so I would have liked to see a bit more of what the right hand was doing, but all in all, it's a good video.

[335fusion]

Great tone and style - really enjoyed it. When's the tuition DVD coming out ?-)

[waffelwuerg]

hi dirk

your website is great, learned much of it, even from the "gazettes".

great sound, that ibanez over the roland

greets hayman

[HammondB200]

Please put "JC-120" and "Jazz Chorus" in the tags, i've spend months finding somebody playing jazz on a Jazz Chorus on Youtube

[JazzGuitarOnline]

Done!

[sufrallen]

sweet chords althrough this beautiful melody!! WOW!!

[spookyoyster]

I love it!! Great web page!! All should check it out!

[Nesh16041972]

Very very nice!

[wolfdad915]

Dirk,

Many thanks for the lessons, information, songs and the absolute sweetness of both this and Stella by Starlight

My best,

Doc

[missmusicmaven]

love the vid, the song, and thanks so much for the info about the site and the chords for this song!! love it all!

[TboneHeaven]

Love this video, Love the song. Very beautiful chord work. Keep um comming......

[usafjazzguitar16]

Nice comping! Just a question- in mm.8, shouldn't the chord be Db7#11? Maybe I missed it or heard it incorrectly.

[jonoroxxx]

your website has got to be the most useful guitar website on the net. It is perfect

[speed45945]

Very nice i like this.Keep your good working.sorry my english

[sbkwas]

excellent sound!!

[modezina]

c'est dommage y a pas assez de solo.... c'est assez moyen..

[fmiskelly]

Excellent++++

[perneelw]

thx for the great lessons!

i'm a classical guitarist who's exploring jazz and i must say your website is realy helpful and getting me where i want.

Keep up the good work!

[blacksortie]

antonio thnx good play

[fatwalbo]

Nice! I'm hoping there's more lessons where these came from...

[redking15ca]

amazing, jazz guitar is really a whole'nother animal, eh? i've played blues, metal, rock, praise, and hymn music, even blue grass and jazz guitar is just very unique. i find its much easier to play with expression through blues though, and metal if your a particularly angry person i guess, lol jk!

[jdean9]

great lessons! keep'em coming!

[campocat]

Very nice! First four strings have a nice voice lead quaility. Try the inside four strings.

[jasmoism]

Thanks..you make it easy too learn

[fret4me]

Smooth transition throughout song. Pleasing tonality. More importantly, thanks for your generosity,

R, AWD

[felixdek]

Nice done Dirk, Can I ask you which amp you are using? It sounds realy smooth.

Keep up the good work;)

[GuitarChordsMagic]

Thanks Felix, I'm using a Roland Jazz Chorus 120.

[natelljahns]

Really nice, Dirk. I would also like to thank you for what you propose on your website. Good job!

[carvalhotoze]

Very good ojb..is it a Aebersold backing track?

Thx for lesson

Antonio

[JazzGuitarOnline]

Thanks Antonio£. The backing track is Band in a Box.

[carvalhotoze]

...Thanks and great i'll try with my BB

[chornbec]

There Will Never Be Another You is played very smoothly. Entirely pleasing -except for the rather louder than usual finger noise on the wrapped strings. Would changing to the smooth wrapped variety of string be reasonable?

[JazzGuitarOnline]

I know, recording accentuates the finger noise. I was planning on trying out smooth wrapped strings for recording.

[bobd9705]

Excellent.

[franzfiguera]

gracias por poner el video..

estuvo exelente.

[michaeldarwinwells]

Dirk is not only a fantastic player, he runs a website that is loaded with everything from music theory, training tips, and riffs galore. If you're serious about jazz, check it out.

[morning2004]

That was very nice

[guitarttimman]

you play great man. I can play jazz good, but im using my cell phone to vid and that doesn't give me a true sound. I'm hoping to pick up a good video camera this weekend

[jazzytedd]

real nice, love to hear more

[fretburns]

great playing,keep doing the lessons..thanks

[kevinrhart]

I have found this video very usful ( Being new to Jazz guitar)and a delight to play. Enough writing, back to practse.

[psx1337]

Yeah that amp must be a backdrop or something...I hope

[6XstringXsamurai]

that's beautiful!!! i watched it like 14 times.

and on a side note...is it just me or does that amp look WAY bigger than it should?? it just seems monstrous for a 2x12 for some reason.

[klaustrophobia2007]

yup, quite good

[shomejunk]

NICE VIDIO, KEEPUP THE GOOD WORK

[GregHyslop]

This is a good video but the chords in measure 28 are incorrect. That may be what is in the Real Book but it isn't what most experienced jazz players use. The simplest chord would be an F7 but many people play Am7-D7 or F7-F#dim7 in that measure. Nice presentation otherwise!

[Chordwayze]

Greg.. It's all about choice. Yes, the chords have to sound right, but there are always alternatives. This is Jazz after all, which is based in improvising. If you are playing in a group with a bassist, then you may let him/her worry about most of the bass notes. Much depends on what a soloist wants to hear too I suppose.

[GregHyslop]

I agree to some extent with your response. However, there is a big difference between an F7 and a Gm7 chord sound. I guess my point was in order to really learn a tune correctly, one should listen to the recordings by the masters and not just depend on what is written in the fake books.

[jazzguitarbryan]

Yes, like many of the charts, the Real Book is wrong from the 28th measure on. The song is usually played A-7 D7/ EbM7 Ab7/ G-7 C7/ F-7 Bb7/ Eb in the 28th measure.

It especially matters if your solo comping without a bass, but even with a band, the C7 chord will throw the soloist off.

In the early days, at a jam session, it was best to leave charts at home, because it would only embarrass me!

Thanks for posting the video and thanks for your great website!

[rymat17]

i am in awe of your playing, fantastic.

[guildt50]

Melodic candy! Wonderful fretboard tutorial! Tnx

[nightrainiii]

great sound

[wilde]

Great stuff. Thanks a million

[1jgman]

Great playing; a big help for learning, too. Thanks!

[kdmbbf]

DO CONTINUE THIS SERIES! I'M AN OLD "FOLKIE" FROM THE 60's, JUST GETTING TURNED ON TO JAZZ. I'M GLAD YOU RE-PRESENTED THE TAB FOR THIS AND "STELLA". KEEP 'EM COMING!!! kdmbbf

[jackdround]

Great arrangement! Nice backing....5 stars!

[hotgoalie11565]

Keep them coming, Dirk! :)

[parfaitcoquin]

lovely stuff - keep it up our kid!

[dollydagger1]

this is awesome. MORE MORE MORE

[Lynton762]

Great Video Dirk Thank you!

[rolbolo]

Great!!!! But I`d like to se your right hand also.

[Marcvs900]

What's that ampli wall on your back?!?! (lol)

[tonyking]

roland jazz chorus 120

a jazz standard

[Katorben]

Great video. Together with your chords and tab comping this song will be possible, even for me!

A few comments: It would be nice to also see your right hand. (Move camera slightly). And I would also like to have the melody line playing along, for reference. But that may just be me.

[franzfreedom]

its so nice I hope I would be able to grasp all the chords I would like to play it myself. thanks

[Lazarus68]

You sure can play that guitar, There will never be another you. ;-)

[helimartinez]

I play guitar for a living, very very nice playing here thank you!

[handdancin]

I love putting on an ugly fitted shirt and turning up the chorus effect on those rolands and pretending im john scofield from the early 90's

[wsdirman]

hi Dirk. Simply, MORE! MORE! MORE! :)

I'm looking forward for more.

Respect,

Warren S.

[nigulasi]

Thanks! Enjoyed watching you play.

[melodyplayer]

Thanks Dirk...enjoyed playing melody guitar with your comping. Earl Allen

[joe6pak]

I just recently became interested in jazz,i feel like i just struck gold here .Wonderful ! thank you for posting.

[JeffC56]

Nice, so some more. I also like the link to the chords. Question on the chords, why use the G7 on the 7th fret rather than the 3rd?

Jeff

[drsimatrah]

Nice thanks, good work.

[Scobanadana]

Dirk,

You just can't beat the video for all around instruction. You get the feel, visual, sound, and dynamics you can't otherwise get. Great job and the more the better. Nice to hear you play. You are great.

[GerLeahy]

Great stuff Dirk!

I look forward to more of them.

Gerry

[ludobeckers]

I've been practising this tune lately (on harmonica, not guitar) your accompaniment is great!

[ami7b5]

Nice work! Looking forward for a next one.

[mattcallao]

Thanks.. smooth playing.. Please provide more video lessons on scaling.. Thanks!

[maartenbas]

Thanks a lot; Great voicings, more of these please

[XBenson11]

Sounds very nice, thanx a lot for this one.

[psomopawiro]

Very good, can you provide some tabs of tuck andress from tuck & patti

[deadbeater]

Excellent. Keep up the good work. Now going to spend a little time trying to play it! Keep 'em coming.

[utjazz]

Outstanding lesson!

The notation w/ tab, chord diagrams, and the short notes found at jazzguitar "dot" be "slash" anotheryou provides everything needed for study.

How about another tune?